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Week 06

Red Couch Theology Podcast

Sermon Conversations with Alex and Aaron

There’s only so much we can cover in a Sunday morning gathering!
Each week, you’re invited to tune into our podcast at 11 am on Thursdays – recorded (and sometimes prerecorded) for later, online viewing.

What can you expect? Pastors Alex, Aaron and the occasional guest, having a casual conversation diving deeper into ideas related to last Sunday’s teaching.

Ask questions about the sermon series, Sermon on the Mount,
“How Would Jesus Have You Respond When Angry?”
at https://redcouchtheology.com/ or
by texting 720-316-3893 prior to, or during the “LIVE” podcast.

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Red Couch Theology Podcast2023-10-16T09:11:59-06:00

Praying Through Anger

“You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, *Raca’, is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, `You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.” Matthew 5:21-22 NIV

* Also in the Old Testament Hebrew: “req”.

“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold, Ephesians 4:26-27 NIV

Anger is a normal human emotion we all feel from time to time. Jesus displayed a righteous anger against the moneychangers (Matthew 21:12-13), and against the Pharisees who had no compassion toward a man with a shriveled hand, in Mark 3:1-6. But Jesus was both fully man and fully God. What are we as fallible humans to do with our angry thoughts when our will is violated or when we witness injustice?

David and many other Old Testament writers turned their anger into prayers. These “Psalms of Vengeance” as they are sometimes known can be difficult to understand on the surface. It is important to keep several points in mind when reading and praying these vengeance Psalms.

  • First, they ARE prayers; these writers were bringing the full scope of their emotions to God, expressing their feelings, frustrations, and distress to God. This is the correct way to deal with these complex and deep emotions – in prayer to God.
  • Second, many of these Psalms express the desire for the wicked to be judged by God. It is important to remember that the curses and strong language used in these Psalms are directed at God’s enemies, those who have rejected God and who have failed to repent.
  • Third, the Psalmists were not looking to avenge the wrongs done to them personally; instead, they were asking God to avenge His enemies.
    Deuteronomy 32:35-43, Romans 12:19, Hebrews 10:30-31 also express that vengeance is God’s job, not ours.

So, the question confronting us is: what should we do with our anger? Perhaps praying one of these imprecatory Psalms is a good idea. Look at Psalm 55. Read it through and think about how you could pray through those verses and put words to your distress and anger, into a prayer. Phrases from verses 10-11 can be prayed against those who are acting as God’s enemies. Verse 22 implores people to turn to God, to cast their cares on Him, and 23 talks of the reality of what will happen to those who refuse to repent, and ends with an appeal for us all to trust in the Lord.

Other “vengeance” Psalms are 69, 109, 139:19-22, and Psalm 18. I found two articles that help to explain these Psalms and how to use them in prayer. I have included links if you would like to study further.

A blog about how to pray with these Psalms: https://abramkj.com/2019/08/27/psalms-of-vengeance/

An Article about vengeance Psalms from Ligonier Ministries: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts/ask-ligonier/how-should-christians-view-the-imprecatory-psalms

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Praying Through Anger2023-10-14T18:46:22-06:00

Action Required

“Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, 24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.” Matthew 5:23-24

“Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still together on the way, or your adversary may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison. 26 Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.” Matthew 5:25-26

Beginning in Matthew 5:21-22, Jesus extends the boundaries of the law of Moses. He elucidates individual laws with elements and nuances that catch us off guard. In this *pericope, he couples anger with murder. When Jesus does this, I find myself deeply frustrated! “Do not murder” (Exodus 20:14) was one of the few commands I have thankfully kept! It was my fallback, my way of showing I wasn’t as hopeless as I might appear.

* An extract from a text, especially a passage from the Bible.

Jesus’ tie-in to anger implicates me deeply, even though I am not prone to fits of rage. This is because Jesus chooses to use the Greek word orge for “anger”. It means a lasting grudge or a consistent opposition. It’s the long lasting anger that eventually compels somebody to pick up a weapon and commit the act of murder or to do what we read about yesterday: to slander somebody, to destroy them with words (Matthew 5:22). Both physical murder and the “murder of the tongue” entail first, dehumanizing the other person in our minds. They involve contempt — a way of thinking about another person as subhuman. RT France says “ordinary insults may betray an attitude of contempt which God takes extremely seriously”.

Editor’s Note. See also Genesis 6:11, 13, hamas in the Hebrew OT:  חָמָס châmâç (noun) “violence”; חָמַס châmaç  (verb) “do violence to”.

After revealing to us that we are closer to committing murder than we may first have thought, Jesus begins to offer some imaginary scenarios in verses 23-26. These scenarios teach us what we must do to avoid the path to mental, verbal and physical assassination.

In his first scenario, we read that a man is preparing to make his offering at the altar. This in itself requires some action. There was only one altar in Judaism in the first century. It was in Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Jesus is speaking in Galilee. We envision the man making the 80 mile trek to Jerusalem from Galilee to make his offering at the temple; and yet, God finds this issue of right relationship so important that his justice requires that the man should leave his sacrifice and return all the way home to make amends. A journey of five days, and five days back! Speed is key. Speed in settling disputes stops the wounds from festering. Jesus tells us to be diligent in our relationships to ensure that they don’t head down pathways that lead to anger and possibly to murder.

In scenario two, Jesus imagines that we find ourselves on the way to the judge to settle a dispute. Jesus doesn’t spend time discussing who in the scenario is right or wrong. He simply reminds us that it is possible that we may end up in prison. In the first century, as at many other times, there were debtors’ prisons. If you were found to have failed to repay a debt, you were thrown into jail until you could repay — a circumstance that certainly hindered your ability to repay! Imagine the deep frustration and hopelessness and, guilty or not, the time spent to imagine all the ways you might get even with your enemy.

Both Jesus’ scenarios have the same point. Try to mend relationships. Don’t leave them in tatters. See the other person as a human being and reach out, even if you are not at fault. You may not be ready to do that now, but you can begin to bring your deep emotion to God and ask that he so work in your heart that there might be a beautiful, Jesus-centered reconciliation. When that happens in our lives, we shine brightly to those around us.

  • What relationships have come to mind as you read this?
  • How might you bring those relationships to God in prayer?
  • What brave steps do you believe God is asking you to take?

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Action Required2023-10-18T08:14:28-06:00

Words as Weapons

You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, *Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell. Matthew 5:21-22

* Also in the Old Testament Hebrew: “req”.

All of us have felt anger toward others, but not all anger leads to sinful actions. Here Jesus points out that anger nourished can lead to deadly practices. Those practices include labeling others and harmful gossip. Among other things, labeling kills initiative and relationships. Gossip leads to the killing of reputations and livelihoods. Both have ruined human potential and dimmed or extinguished stellar reputations.

Although the following passage in the letter of James is primarily aimed at those who teach scripture, it can be applied to any of us who are in a position of influence. I view it as an elaboration of Matthew 5:21-22.

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things.

How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. For every kind of beast and bird, reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and saltwater? Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water. James 3:1-12 ESV

We live in a cultural environment where it is difficult to find peaceful conversation around certain topics. Words characterized by “restless evil, full of deadly poison” seem to slip out too easily.

None of us can avoid being angry – scripture records God being angry. But we can ask the Holy Spirit to enlighten us when we are tempted to nourish that anger and let it fester and overwhelm us, and even worse, to “take it out” on persons in our realm of influence with careless or malicious speech.

Here is a scriptural antidote to the all too human tendency of getting bent out of shape with poisonous thoughts to the point they spring a toxic leak upon those made in the likeness of God.

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Philippians 4:8 ESV

As you pray the Lord’s Prayer once again, recognize those of us who follow Jesus are on the same team. Let the prayer influence your thoughts and words about those in your path today.

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Words as Weapons2023-10-14T06:36:08-06:00

You Shall Not Murder – Matthew 5:21-22

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. Matthew 5:17 NIV

“You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment.” Matthew 5:21-22 NIV

What about the first murder? What about Cain and Abel? As I read this grievous story as recorded in Genesis 4:3-16 MSG, several questions and observations come to mind.

Abel was a herdsman and Cain a farmer.
Time passed. Cain brought an offering to God from the produce of his farm.
Abel also brought an offering, but from the firstborn animals of his herd, choice cuts of meat. God liked Abel and his offering, but Cain and his offering didn’t get his [God’s] approval. Cain lost his temper and went into a sulk. v. 2b-4

Question: Why was Cain angry and at who?
Observation: He envied Abel’s acceptance and he was angry at God because his wasn’t approved,

God spoke to Cain: “Why this tantrum? Why the sulking? If you do well, won’t you be accepted? And if you don’t do well, sin is lying in wait for you, ready to pounce; it’s out to get you, you’ve got to master it.” v. 6-7

Question: What did God do for Cain”
Observation: God gave Cain an opportunity to correct his behavior and warned him of what would happen if he didn’t.

Cain had words with his brother. They were out in the field; Cain came at Abel, his brother and killed him. v. 8

God said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?”
He said, “How should I know? Am I his babysitter?” v. 9

Question: What did God give Cain the opportunity to do?
Observation: Cain was given the chance to confess, but instead Cain lied and insulted God.

God said, “What have you done! The voice of your brother’s blood is calling to me from the ground. From now on you’ll get nothing but curses from this ground; you’ll be driven from this ground that has opened its arms to receive the blood of your murdered brother. You’ll farm this ground, but it will no longer give you its best. You’ll be a homeless wanderer on Earth.” v. 10-12.

Question: What was God’s judgment on Cain?

Cain said to God, “My punishment is too much. I can’t take it! You’ve thrown me off the land and I can never again face you. I’m a homeless wanderer on Earth and whoever finds me will kill me.” v. 13-14

Question: What was Cain’s response?

God told him, “No. Anyone who kills Cain will pay for it seven times over.” God put a mark on Cain to protect him so that no one who met him would kill him. v. 15

Question: What did God do for Cain? Observation: God gave Cain the grace of a protection for his life, though the judgment still stood. v. 15

Cain left the presence of God and lived in No-Man’s-Land, east of Eden. v. 16

The questions I have to ask myself: “Who do I get angry with and why? What does God ask me about it, and what does he give me the chance to confess? How do I respond to Him? I have to remind myself of what Jesus has done for me on the cross.”

As we continue to pray the Lord’s prayer together during this series, ponder with me:

For if you forgive others their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins], your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others [nurturing your hurt and anger with the result that it interferes with your relationship with God], then your Father will not forgive your trespasses. Matthew 6:14-15 AMP

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You Shall Not Murder – Matthew 5:21-222023-10-13T08:09:45-06:00

Red Couch Theology

Sermon Conversations with Alex and Aaron

There’s only so much we can cover in a Sunday morning gathering!
Each week, you’re invited to tune into our podcast at 11 am on Thursdays – recorded (and sometimes prerecorded) for later, online viewing.

What can you expect? Pastors Alex, Aaron, and the occasional guest having a casual conversation, diving deeper into ideas related to last Sunday’s teaching.

Ask Questions about the Sermon Series, Out of the Ordinary – “The Extraordinary in an Ordinary World”
by texting 720-316-3893 prior to, or during the “LIVE” Thursday podcast.

Blog sites:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCWnNSTN-6XA7oYy6TBfS0LAxqxPvxVjH

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/guys-drinking-tea/id1616539767

Red Couch Theology2023-07-18T13:52:02-06:00

The Lectionary for Ordinary Times, August 3

Introduction: For hundreds of years many Christian traditions have read passages of scripture using a tool called a lectionary. During this ordinary season, our devotional team decided to resource you with selections from the Revised Common Lectionary.

Source: the Revised Common Lectionary Year A

(Note. If you desire to read these passages in a different version of the Bible, this link will provide all the readings for week 6 in ESV in Bible Gateway where you may also choose other versions of these passages.)

Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52
13:31 He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field;

13:32 it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”

13:33 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.”

13:44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

13:45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls;

13:46 on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.

13:47 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind;

13:48 when it was full, they drew it ashore, sat down, and put the good into baskets but threw out the bad.

13:49 So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous

13:50 and throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

13:51 “Have you understood all this?” They answered, “Yes.”

13:52 And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”

Application:  In today’s passage in Matthew Jesus provides many word pictures of the kingdom of heaven. Here is a painting by Rembrandt depicting one man’s discovery of an extremely valuable treasure. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal a portion of his hidden spiritual riches to you today.

The Lectionary for Ordinary Times, August 32023-06-16T16:08:35-06:00

The Lectionary for Ordinary Times, August 2

Introduction: For hundreds of years many Christian traditions have read passages of scripture using a tool called a lectionary. During this ordinary season, our devotional team decided to resource you with selections from the Revised Common Lectionary.

Source: the Revised Common Lectionary Year A

(Note. If you desire to read these passages in a different version of the Bible, this link will provide all the readings for week 6 in ESV in Bible Gateway where you may also choose other versions of these passages.)

Romans 8:26-39
8:26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words.

8:27 And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

8:28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.

8:29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family.

8:30 And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified.

8:31 What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

8:32 He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else?

8:33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

8:34 Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us.

8:35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

8:36 As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.”

8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

8:38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

8:39 nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

Application: Today’s passage is a favorite for many. The Spirit indeed helps us in our weakness, especially when we remember the unseen world around us.
Meditate on the supremacy of Jesus and the power of his Holy Spirit inside you as you pray this prayer:

O sovereign God,
in Jesus Christ you set your holy reign upon this earth and within your people.
So let its coming be like the mustard seed that grows into greatness,
and like the leaven that mixes with the grain until the whole becomes greater,
to the praise of the triune God, who lives forevermore. Amen.

The Lectionary for Ordinary Times, August 22023-06-16T16:08:03-06:00

The Lectionary for Ordinary Times, August 1

Introduction: For hundreds of years many Christian traditions have read passages of scripture using a tool called a lectionary. During this ordinary season, our devotional team decided to resource you with selections from the Revised Common Lectionary.

Source: the Revised Common Lectionary Year A

(Note. If you desire to read these passages in a different version of the Bible, this link will provide all the readings for week 6 in ESV in Bible Gateway where you may also choose other versions of these passages.)

1 Kings 3:5-12
3:5 At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask what I should give you.”

3:6 And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant my father David, because he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you; and you have kept for him this great and steadfast love, and have given him a son to sit on his throne today.

3:7 And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king in place of my father David, although I am only a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.

3:8 And your servant is in the midst of the people whom you have chosen, a great people, so numerous they cannot be numbered or counted.

3:9 Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil; for who can govern this your great people?”

3:10 It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this.

3:11 God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches, or for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right,

3:12 I now do according to your word. Indeed I give you a wise and discerning mind; no one like you has been before you and no one like you shall arise after you.

Psalm 119:129-136
119:129 Your decrees are wonderful; therefore my soul keeps them.

119:130 The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

119:131 With open mouth I pant, because I long for your commandments.

119:132 Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is your custom toward those who love your name.

119:133 Keep my steps steady according to your promise, and never let iniquity have dominion over me.

119:134 Redeem me from human oppression, that I may keep your precepts.

119:135 Make your face shine upon your servant, and teach me your statutes.

119:136 My eyes shed streams of tears because your law is not kept.

Application: Today’s passage in I Kings reveals a young, humble King Solomon asking for all the right things from God as he begins his reign.
Humble yourself before God as if you were just beginning your walk with him by singing along with this hymn.

The Lectionary for Ordinary Times, August 12023-06-16T16:07:18-06:00

The Lectionary for Ordinary Times, July 31

Introduction: For hundreds of years many Christian traditions have read passages of scripture using a tool called a lectionary. During this ordinary season, our devotional team decided to resource you with selections from the Revised Common Lectionary. You will encounter texts from the Psalms, the Prophets, and the New Testament as well as formal prayers.

Source: the Revised Common Lectionary Year A

(Note. If you desire to read these passages in a different version of the Bible, this link will provide all the readings for week 6 in ESV in Bible Gateway where you may also choose other versions of these passages.)

 

Genesis 29:15-28
29:15 Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?”

29:16 Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

29:17 Leah’s eyes were lovely, and Rachel was graceful and beautiful.

29:18 Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

29:19 Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to any other man; stay with me.”

29:20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.

29:21 Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife that I may go in to her, for my time is completed.”

29:22 So Laban gathered together all the people of the place, and made a feast.

29:23 But in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob; and he went in to her.

29:24 (Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her maid.)

29:25 When morning came, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?”

29:26 Laban said, “This is not done in our country–giving the younger before the firstborn.

29:27 Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years.”

29:28 Jacob did so, and completed her week; then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as a wife.

 

Psalm 105:1-11, 45b
105:1 O give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples.

105:2 Sing to him, sing praises to him; tell of all his wonderful works.

105:3 Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

105:4 Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually.

105:5 Remember the wonderful works he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered,

105:6 O offspring of his servant Abraham, children of Jacob, his chosen ones.

105:7 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

105:8 He is mindful of his covenant forever, of the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations,

105:9 the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn promise to Isaac,

105:10 which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant,

105:11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan as your portion for an inheritance.”

105:45b Praise the LORD!

 

Psalm 128
128:1 Happy is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways.

128:2 You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you.

128:3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table.

128:4 Thus shall the man be blessed who fears the LORD.

128:5 The LORD bless you from Zion. May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

128:6 May you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!

 

Application:  Today’s passage in Genesis describes Laban giving his beautiful and youngest daughter as wages for Jacob’s excellent work. As an unexpected bonus, Laban awarded Jacob his oldest daughter first. It was not a pleasant surprise. Here is an artist’s depiction of the scene where Jacob confronts Laban.

Have you had a similar unpleasant surprise? When you read the above Psalms, ask God to change your perspective about your situation.

The Lectionary for Ordinary Times, July 312023-06-16T16:09:02-06:00
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